---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funding investigations to protect individuals with disabilities in the supported living program."
description: "Funding investigations to protect individuals with disabilities in the supported living program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5359"
citation: "Washington SB 5359 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VULNERABLE ADULTS", "LONG-TERM CARE", "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/687b9695-b9fb-46b2-92c0-3aed09f9f3ef"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5359&year=2019"
source_hash: "02a85e858df051ed0d00c9fc80edc0db900b3dc9766787da6576cc2d1e9665d1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington SB 5359 (2019-2020) — Funding investigations to protect individuals with disabilities in the supported living program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5359.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#9) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-18** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-13** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-27** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-06** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 458, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/1/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-06T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-13T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-03T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/687b9695-b9fb-46b2-92c0-3aed09f9f3ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).